A tornado tore through the small city of Moore, Oklahoma. It's
a suburb of Oklahoma City. We are always worried when we
hear of tornadoes in Oklahoma because we have family that
live there. In this case, my nephew Matt works at Bob Moore
Ford (noted by the red circle on the map) which was only a
few miles north of the tornado's path. This particular disaster
reminded me a bit of the earthquake a few years ago in
Christchurch, New Zealand. Lynn was in the middle of the
Central Business District during the quake and Facebook
became a valuable tool to help find people. My sister Terri,
who is in Indiana and me were both trying to find out if
Matt was ok and both of us were using Facebook. Luckily
our friends Marta and Sara (who are originally from Norman)
are in Norman this week and were posting updates on Facebook.
I asked Marta if anyone had heard anything about the area around
Matt's dealership since at that time, we didn't know the path of
the tornado. A friend of Marta's was able to report that her friend
worked at the same dealership, she had spoken to Matt's boss and
Matt was safe! It turns out much of the area's cell phone and
internet was down due to the storm and Matt couldn't contact
anyone. What a small world it is that a friend of a friend of a friend
was able to tell us Matt was ok. As much as social media can be
a headache...in times like this, it turns out to be a great thing!
